Some of the crowd that gathered in the Market Square for a previous protest
A third Support Gaza Protest will take place in the Market Square in Dundalk tomorrow (Saturday).
The event gets underway at 1pm and all are welcome to come along on the day to show their solidarity with the people of Palestine during the ongoing conflict with Israel.
Previous protests have taken place on Fridays, with up to 500 people attending the initial one a fortnight ago.
Some of the crowd that gathered in the Market Square for the protest at lunchtime today. Picture: Kenneth Sloane
There was another large turnout at the Market Square in Dundalk this afternoon for the second Support Gaza Protest.
Around 500 people turned out for a previous protest last week aimed at showing solidarity during the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine and the figure was estimated to be roughly similar in a sunny town centre.
Local Sinn Féin councillors have been appealing for people to boycott Israeli products during the ongoing conflict.
Some of the crowd who gathered at the Market Square in Dundalk for the previous protest
A second Support Gaza Protest will take place at the Market Square in Dundalk tomorrow (Friday) at 1pm.
Around 500 people turned out for a previous protest last week aimed at showing solidarity during the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine.
All are welcome to attend tomorrow’s protest.
Some of the crowd who gathered at the Market Square in Dundalk today
Sinn Féin in Dundalk today held a protest at the Market Square to show their solidarity with the people of Gaza who are under siege.
At the time of the protest, Israel had resumed its rocket fire on Gaza after a brief ceasefire. Gaza is one of the most densely populated areas in the world so any rocket that is fired into it will find civilian casualties. There have been countless images and videos lately on social media documenting the horrors faced by the Palestinian people.
This cross community event saw around 500 people turn out in what for the majority was a way of showing their support for the besieged Palestinians.
One woman at the event said “I have seen these images on Facebook and wanted to do more than just ‘like and share’, I felt moved to come here today and show my support.”
Similar events are organised for the day across the country.
The European Street Football Festival 2015 will take place in Ireland next year, with Dundalk one of the destinations it is set for.
The tournament will also be held in Dublin, Newry, Warrenpoint and Belfast, with the committee choosing the five locations having specially selected “post-conflict zones” around the world for the past five years.
The success of the Northern Ireland peace process is one of the main reasons the tournament has come to Ireland, with the competition’s primary aim being to unite young people through football.
A total of 24 delegations, aged between 14 and 17, will take part in the event with both sides of the border represented, as well as players from the likes of Israel, Palestine and the Balkan states.
The event will take place in August next year and will bring around 300 participants to the town.
There are fears for a number of local jobs after Teva Pharmaceutical Industries announced yesterday that it will be cutting around 10% of its global workforce as part of a cost-cutting scheme.
Around 5,000 jobs are expected to be lost at the company, which has a commercial facility in the Finnabair Industrial Estate in Dundalk.
The Israeli company ranks among the top 20 pharmaceutical companies in the world and employs nearly 500 people in Ireland between its facility in Dundalk and its manufacturing plant in Waterford.
Teva specialises in the development, production and marketing of generic and proprietary branded pharmaceuticals as well as active pharmaceutical ingredients.
Teva Pharmaceutical Ireland’s commercial arm is based in Dundalk and is responsible for managing the sales and support services for Teva’s large portfolio of products.
Products available cover a wide range of therapeutic areas including cardiovascular health, central nervous system, respiratory, pain relief and infection control. Dosage forms include extended and immediate release tablets and capsules, injectables, creams, ointments, solutions, suspensions and inhalers. The company’s proprietary research and development pipeline is currently focused primarily on three niche specialty areas: neurological disorders, autoimmune diseases and oncology.
Teva hopes to save $2 billion a year by the end of 2017, with $1 billion in savings earmarked for next year.
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